“Play it safe with Turkey!” » Daniel Pancu anticipates a move by Lucescu and declares: “With this we strike!”

• Turkey – Romania will be played on March 26, from 19:00, match broadcast by Prima TV. If we win, we play the World Cup qualification final against Slovakia/Kosovo on March 31, 2026.
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Daniel Pancu, about the Turkey-Romania dam key: “Otherwise it will be almost impossible to move on”

Pancone is betting Turkey will falter if Romania open the scoring tomorrow night.

“I saw the Turkish team. With Spain, even though they lost 0-6, they had big problems in attack, they had about 5 clear chances.

Counterattack will be our basic option. They are favorites, but not as big as you see them. Emotionally they can have problems. A goal of ours, a set piece… If we score first, they will have problems, especially since they are playing at home. They are no longer organized, they are no longer rational, the whole stadium is pushing them from behind to go score goals and we can take advantage.

It's only one match, a lot can happen in one match.

I want us to score first. If we don't score first, it will be almost impossible to progress“, declared Pancu, at GSP Live.

9 goalsin 27 national selections, Pancu has

Daniel Pancu: “The atmosphere will not compare to a Beşiktaş match”

Pancu also says that “Ianis Hagi plays safe. It evolves in Turkey, first of all. For the atmosphere. He got used to the atmosphere there.”

In 2003, the former striker of the national team won the title in Turkey with Beşiktaş, whose stadium will host the Turkey-Romania tie.

“The atmosphere has to be taken into account, it's different from what happens in Europe. But the national team is playing, not Beşiktaş. There's a difference. There will be many from Galata, Fener, they will sing for the national team, but it doesn't compare to a Beşiktaş match. No matter how many goals the opponent had, you just had to shoot and the ball would go into the goal by itself. When everyone sings, I put that soul into every ball, every action”, reports Daniel Pancu.

I spoke with Mircea Lucescu after he returned from Brussels, from the consultation. It's very strong all the time. It's probably health issues, but I don't think it affects the preparation of this game in any way. If we have an asset, it is Mircea Lucescu. Nobody can know the profile of the Turkish player better than Mircea. He coached the national team, Galata, Beşiktaş. Here we can strike!

– Daniel PancuCFR Cluj coach, at GSP Live

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